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The Dallas Museum of Art announced today: Beloved Dallas philanthropist Margaret McDermott died Thursday at the age of 106. Per the Dallas Morning News: “Museum officials say she was the largest…

Contemporary art enthusiasts Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman of the Manhattan-based FLAG Art Foundation have joined with Contemporary Austin trustee Suzanne Deal Booth to create a new art prize. “It seemed…

(Editor’s note, Aug. 14, 2018: This is the original announcement. More details on the prize and how to apply will be announced in the next two days. Stay tuned!) Update:…

If you were a girl who went to camp in Texas, you probably have a bracelet charm designed by James Avery. After he got popular, he created all sorts of…

If any institution in Texas can get you closer in person and in spirit to the work of the great Eugène Delacroix (d. 1863), it would be the Kimbell Art Museum…

Today, Houston’s Menil Collection announced that it plans to open its Menil Drawing Institute building on November 3, 2018. The building was initially set to open on October 7, 2017, but in the…

Sala Diaz, the beloved San Antonio-based non-profit art space, has announced that this coming weekend marks the premiere of Tía Chuck: A Portrait of Chuck Ramirez, “a feature-length documentary about the life…

  The Secret Group in downtown Houston is hosting a bunch of performance art tomorrow night May 1. The first, the NeoBenshi collective is meant to be “educational” video and…

Artist Jenn Hassin is also a U.S. Air Force veteran, and over the course of this summer in preparation for her show at Texas A&M’s Wright Gallery in College Station, the Austin-based Hassin…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has announced its upcoming 12th annual Houston Palestine Film Festival, which happens the weekend of May 5, 2018 at the MFAH, and the weekend…

The small town of Presidio, Texas is home to Mexico’s smallest consulate. The Mexican government recently commissioned Los Angeles muralist Miles MacGregor, known as “El Mac,” to create a work…

Married Austin artists, Eric Manche and Sara Vanderbeek, have announced the imminent opening of DORF, a new experimental pop-up endeavor and art space in south Austin that commences with its…

Bob Dorough was not the animator, but the musical director and a songwriter for many of the Saturday morning Schoolhouse Rock! songs, which taught a generation about grammar, math, science,…

It seems the art-collecting panel discussion lives on. In the rearview mirror of the 2018 Dallas Art Fair: On Saturday, May 5, the Dallas gallery Kirk Hopper Fine Art will…

Tonight, April 25, Lawndale Art Center will open the studio doors of its 2017/18 Artist Studio Program (ASP) participants, Regina Agu, Shannon Crider, and Bria Lauren and Morganne Nikole of…

The arts non-profit Big Medium in Austin announced today that applications for the annual Tito’s Prize are now open. The Prize awards one Austin-based artist $15,000 and a solo show…

The prestigious MacDowell Colony has released its list of 84 artists who will receive summer fellowships at its estate in Peterborough, New Hampshire, reports ARTnews. Its mission is “to nurture…

Southern Graphics Council (SGC) International, an organization dedicated to the art of printmaking, has announced that its 2019 conference will be held in North Texas. Headquartered at the Fairmont hotel in…

Tomorrow, April 24, the National Geographic Channel will debut its second season of “Genius,” focusing on Pablo Picasso and starring Antonio Banderas. The “Genius” series began with portraying the life…

Web-based projects and residencies might not be the newest thing happening in the art world, but they’re still pretty cool. Lots of Texas organizations — Big Medium, Co-Lab Projects, and even…